Review Article
Enzyme Inhibitors as Therapeutic Tools
| Mahmoud Balbaa1* and El Sayed H. El Ashry2 | |
| 1Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt | |
| 2Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt | |
| *Corresponding Author : | Mahmoud Balbaa Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Science Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt Fax: + 961-1818402 E-mail: m_balbaa@hotmail.com |
| Received September 12, 2012; Accepted October 04, 2012; Published October 08, 2012 | |
| Citation: Balbaa M, El Ashry ESH (2012) Enzyme Inhibitors as Therapeutic Tools. Biochem Physiol 1:103. doi:10.4172/2168-9652.1000103 | |
| Copyright: © 2012 Balbaa M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
The enzyme inhibition is valuable in the regulation of the enzyme activity. It has many applications, which include the drug design to target an enzyme. In the present review, we focus on the inhibition of different enzymes such as glycosidases, arylsulfatases and others by synthetic inhibitors or drugs. This provides the strategy that combines the inhibitory and therapeutic mode of action of the confirmed inhibitors.
